Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 vs Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M4, 2026) Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
	Mar 02, 2026
Prices (MSRP)
$600	12GB/128GB - $799 12GB/256GB - $899 12GB/512GB - $1099 12GB/1024GB - $1299

Design

Dimensions
10.81 x 7.11 x 0.23 inches 274.5 x 180.5 x 5.8 mm	11.04 x 8.46 x 0.24 inches 280.4 x 214.9 x 6.1 mm
Weight
19.58 oz / 555.0 g	21.76 oz / 617.0 g Wi-Fi only - 616 g
Materials
	Back: Aluminum Frame: Aluminum
Biometrics
	Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
	Right: Volume control
Colors
Moonlight White, Sky Blue, Starry Black	Blue, Purple, Starlight, Space Gray

Display

Size
12.3-inch, 89.37% screen-to-body	13.0-inch, 86.84% screen-to-body
Type
OLED, 144Hz, 1600 nits	IPS LCD, 60Hz, 600 nits
Resolution
3000x1920px, 290 PPI	2732x2048px, 4:3 ratio, 263 PPI
Features
	Oleophobic coating, Scratch-resistant glass

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
1.9 (Good)	Untested

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 SM8635 (4 nm)	Apple M4
Processor
1x3.0GHz Cortex-X4 4x2.8GH​z Cortex-A720 3x2.0​GHz Cortex-A520	Octa-core
GPU
Adreno 735	Apple 9-core GPU
Memory
12GB/256GB	12GB (LPDDR5X)/128GB 12GB/256GB 12GB/512GB 12GB/1024GB
Storage expansion
	not expandable
OS
Android (14)	iOS (26.x)

PhoneArena Performance Test

GeekBench 6 Single
1968	Untested
GeekBench 6 Multi
5164	Untested
3D Mark High
3051	Untested
3D Mark Low
2233	Untested

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Battery

Type
10050 mAh	9705 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charge speed
Wired: 66.0W

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

4h 40min

Browsing

8h 36min

Video

7h 14min

Gaming

8h 38min

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Single camera
Main camera
13 MP Aperture size: F2.0	12 MP (Sapphire crystal lens cover, Autofocus, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Sensor size: 1/3" Pixel size: 1.22 μm
Flash
LED
Video recording
Yes	4K UHD (60 fps), 1080p (240 fps), 720p (30 fps) Time-lapse video, Continuous autofocus, EIS, Video calling, Video sharing, Cinematic mode
Front
9 MP	12 MP (Autofocus, HDR, Slow-motion videos) Video capture: 1080p (60 fps)

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.1	6.0
WLAN
Wi-Fi 6 Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax	Wi-Fi 7,dual-band MIMO, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 3.1
Sensors
Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer, Ambient light sensor
Location
	GPS, GNSS
Other
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Speakers
Multiple speakers	Multiple speakers
Features
Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n14, n20, n25, n26, n28, n29, n30, n38, n40, n41, n48, n66, n70, n71, n75, n77, n78, n79
LTE Bands
	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 66, 71
TDD Bands
	34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 48
Data Speed
	LTE-A, HSPA, HSUPA
SIM type
	eSIM
HD Voice
	Yes
VoLTE
	Yes

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